Sreddy,ever hone something like that in art class at school? It's so much fun!It's called wood cutting, or linoleum cutting.

They have tried to make the wood cutting easier on people (requires less strength) to put a layer of linoleum on top of the wood cut.Hey, it's your first time here at this blogpage - hope you liked it!

Diane,thanks for the "follow"! Yes it's fun! But I can imagine to start on your own may seem a little daunting:)I always have a gold and silver pen to do the lettering and...cover up my mistakes (giggle)

Jeannette, you asked about the location of my Tenaya Creek post, "Dry Martini". This is taken in Yosemite Valley. Tenaya Creek flows out of Tenaya Lake down through a canyon into the intermitent Mirror Lake, then into the Merced.Tenya Lake is beautiful, I can see why you like to paint there. We spend much of our summer in the Eastern Sierra and it provides me with many beautiful posts.

Ma,Thanks for getting back to me -you're so kind! Gotto show hubby your description and figure out the approximate place it is. I'm always looking for new places to paint in Yosemite -we have a cabin at Bass Lake, so I'm at Yosemite almost every year.

Yes, isn't it great? All those years I've been taking pics, and now I can use them for my blog:)

It seems I am late in commenting, only because i am still playing catchup. Even the email that you sent still remains unanswered and I am truly sorry for this.

But that is not why I am here, rather I wish to express my surprise and delight in seeing a craft not often undertaken these days and to top it off, you were using wood and not a man made material to cut your amazing woodcut.

Butterfly,I rather call you butterfly than China (I'll get confused, because my son lives in China.Thank you, hope this holiday season is not too wacky (I'm talking about your job), and time left to celebrate!Thanks, hand-made anything is always special, because someone's soul is in it:)

Egmont,Don't worry about it, I know how much time it takes when one has traveled, to get back into the rhythm of blogging, LOL!

Hope you realize that on top of the wood is a layer of linoleum to make the cutting easier? My hands are not strong enough right now to cut into wood (long story). Also, cutting into wood would take much longer than a few hours (it would be too long for the kids participating in this endeavor).

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